Friday, August 16, 2013

Stop drinking coffee: boost your health. Is this true? Recent studies show that the health benefits of coffee can be great - moderation is key.

Once upon a time, quitting coffee was a prerequisite for establishing a healthy diet and adopting a healthier lifestyle. Lately, though, several recent research studies into coffee drinking have discovered that coffee health benefits are actually some you won’t want to miss. Everything in moderation.

At first, I suspected the pro-coffee studies were simply from funded front groups within various sectors of the coffee industry. But eventually I started seeing some names I trust carrying the same news.

However, the negative health effects of excess coffee consumption, which varies from individual to individual, remain. Thus posing the dilemma of balancing both positive and negative health effects if we prefer drinking coffee to abstaining completely.

There also seems to be lower rates of diabetes and strokes among coffee drinkers, according to another study involving almost 35,000 women and published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Stroke.

The protections against the diseases noted in the studies were very substantial. Since coffee beans are loaded with antioxidants, coffee should ideally be consumed without dairy, sugar, or artificial sweeteners. Sweetening with Stevia would be okay.

And forget the standard pastries and cigarettes normally associated with drinking coffee. Those could be what causes bad health more among coffee drinkers than just coffee

Confession: I am enamored with coffee. In fact, I adore coffee so much that I coerced my coffee-virgin husband to "just give a Starbucks mocha a try," and now he's hooked, as in love with coffee as I am. Does that mean I created a drug addict? This is where all the confusion comes in.

The following is a dramatic analysis of how and why coffee runs my life, and why I consult it for advice, inspiration and motivation every day, and why I could never live in a place that routinely charges above $2.50 a cup.

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